{"id":80,"date":"2010-07-07T15:11:24","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T22:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.wordpress.com\/?p=80"},"modified":"2010-07-07T15:11:24","modified_gmt":"2010-07-07T22:11:24","slug":"beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/2010\/07\/07\/beach\/","title":{"rendered":"~*#*^!^!BEACH!^!^*#*~"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I&#8217;m afraid there&#8217;s no deep meaningful title, no alluring phrase when it comes to a day at the beach. \u00a0It simply is. \u00a0Wonderful, windy, wet, dirty, smelly and glorious.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-beach.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81\" title=\"WhiteRock-Beach\" src=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-beach.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-beach.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-beach-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-beach-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the beach of my childhood: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whiterockonline.com\/beaches.htm\">White Rock beach<\/a>, so named for the massive white rock at one end near the pier. \u00a0These days it&#8217;s painted white (damn graffiti artists!) but I&#8217;m old enough to remember when it was naturally white. \u00a0Well, whiteish. \u00a0It&#8217;s much more striking of a white these days. \u00a0Paint helps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-whiterock.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82\" title=\"WhiteRock-WhiteRock\" src=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-whiterock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-whiterock.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-whiterock-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-whiterock-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Naturally, a stroll of the beach was required, getting wet all the way up the legs, but hey, that&#8217;s why I wore shorts. \u00a0There&#8217;s more seaweed than I remember. \u00a0Even the rocks are coated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-rock.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83\" title=\"WhiteRock-Rock\" src=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-rock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-rock.jpg 2736w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-rock-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-rock-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amongst the seaweed and crab legs and shells, I also happened to spy a jellyfish floating along (I tended to assume it was dead, but I&#8217;ve never seen one that big so up close). \u00a0Please excuse my hand in the picture, I&#8217;m not as good with the camera when I&#8217;m wearing sunglasses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-jellyfish.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84\" title=\"WhiteRock-Jellyfish\" src=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-jellyfish.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-jellyfish.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-jellyfish-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-jellyfish-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then it was time to stop for lunch which earned me some very intense local interest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-seagull.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85\" title=\"WhiteRock-Seagull\" src=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-seagull.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-seagull.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-seagull-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-seagull-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had to share. \u00a0Well, at least the fries. \u00a0The fish was mine! \u00a0Fish and chips from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobydickrestaurant.com\/\">Moby Dick<\/a>&#8216;s right along the waterfront in White Rock. Highly recommend it. \u00a0Though when you ask for one piece, you get two, ask for two, get three, etc. \u00a0so be prepared. It took only seconds from when I sat down before I had a congregation of hope surrounding me. \u00a0Naturally this led to some in-fighting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/fry-fights.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86\" title=\"Fry Fights\" src=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/fry-fights.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/fry-fights.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/fry-fights-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/fry-fights-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After lunch it was time for a little spell working. \u00a0Just a simple spell of marking my intention into the sand and letting the incoming tide release the spell.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sandspell.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-87\" title=\"SandSpell\" src=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sandspell.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sandspell.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sandspell-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sandspell-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had meant to take a picture of the tide claiming the spell but alas, the tide was too quick for me and my sunny day distraction. \u00a0It wasn&#8217;t long after this, though, that I came across a young woman doing pretty near the same thing though I doubt she was thinking along the lines of spellwork when she did it. \u00a0How many wishes have been laid in the sand and offered up to the gods and goddesses of the sea?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sandspell-muggle.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88\" title=\"SandSpell-Muggle\" src=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sandspell-muggle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sandspell-muggle.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sandspell-muggle-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sandspell-muggle-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And so my day at the beach came to a close as must this post. \u00a0Here is my final picture of the day. \u00a0I hope you enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>~Saturn<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-flowers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89\" title=\"WhiteRock-Flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-flowers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-flowers.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-flowers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/whiterock-flowers-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I&#8217;m afraid there&#8217;s no deep meaningful title, no alluring phrase when it comes to a day at the beach. \u00a0It simply is. \u00a0Wonderful, windy, wet, dirty, smelly and glorious. This is the beach of my childhood: \u00a0White Rock beach, so named for the massive white rock at one end near the pier. \u00a0These days &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/2010\/07\/07\/beach\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">~*#*^!^!BEACH!^!^*#*~<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,7,11],"tags":[33,240,255],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}